Alison Davis (PI, joint appointment with Economics), Jenny Minier (Co-PI), and Michael Clark (Co-PI, Economics and Center for Business and Economic Research) received a $500,000 grant for their project “The Importance of Access to Health Care in Rural Economic Development” from the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Additional Co-PIs include Christina Studts and Jennifer Hunter of UK and Thomas Harris of University of Nevada-Reno.